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Cost of a three-bedroom house – using data taken from Rightmove, they collated the average cost of a house with three bedrooms for each county

Annual disposable income per household – This is based on statistics from ONS and refers to disposable income after tax and other standard household bills

Number of child-friendly activities – They trawled Trip Advisor and counted the number of child-friendly activities that are available

% of schools that are Good or Outstanding – Using Ofsted listings, they calculated the percentage of good quality schools in the area

Deprivation score – This is based on official government statistics that measure different kinds of deprivation, not just financial factors

% of overweight/obese 4-5 year-olds – They analysed figures taken from Public Health England to find areas not at risk

Average time children spend outdoors – This was based on previous survey results carried out by Witter Towbars. It refers to how much time the average child spends outside each week

Average time children spend watching a screen - This was based on previous survey results carried out by Witter Towbars. It refers to how much time the average child spends in front of a screen each week

Crime rate per 1,000 people – This was calculated using data Police.uk and divides the number of reported crime per year across the population.

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Completing the top ten places to raise a child are Shropshire in seventh, Hampshire eighth, North Yorkshire in ninth and Tyne and Wear in tenth.

As for the bottom ten, Bristol has taken the wooden spoon for the worst place to raise a child in the UK, with Northamptonshire, Isle of Wight, South Yorkshire, Durham, Northumberland, Worcestershire, Merseyside, West Midlands and Cornwall completing the list.